Lead M&E Strategist, Advanced Manufacturing Impact

Government Recruitment Service; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service in Belfast is seeking a Monitoring and Evaluation lead analyst for the Advanced Manufacturing sector. The role leads a team of social researchers to design and deliver monitoring and evaluation of multi-billion-pound programmes and to work with policy colleagues, academics and industry partners.

The Sectors Analysis team provides evidence and analysis to inform government decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and management of the programme of high-quality monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to build the Advanced Manufacturing evidence base, including the procurement and delivery of evaluations of Advanced Manufacturing programmes.
• Lead the procurement and contract management of external process and impact evaluations.
• Provide quality assurance of M&E projects to ensure they deliver robust, impactful findings and achieve value for money.
• Lead the promotion and dissemination of evaluation findings outside the immediate team to ensure learning feeds into ongoing and new policy development, and products have maximum impact.
• Manage a team of social researchers and other analysts. Support their professional development and wellbeing.
• Provide analytical and social research support across the Advanced Manufacturing analysis team delivering insights and analysis on policy questions such as battery policy development, or the Advanced Manufacturing Sector plan.
• Build relationships with advanced manufacturing policy colleagues to understand analytical and social research needs.
• Develop and support a culture of research and monitoring and evaluation in directorate and wider department, including offering advice on monitoring and evaluation to other teams across the Group.

Job description

Government Recruitment Service in Belfast is seeking a Monitoring and Evaluation lead analyst for the Advanced Manufacturing sector. The role leads a team of social researchers to design and deliver monitoring and evaluation of multi-billion-pound programmes and to work with policy colleagues, academics and industry partners.

The Sectors Analysis team provides evidence and analysis to inform government decisions.